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Author : Colin Nicholas Manlove
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015032432711
Author : Colin N. Manlove
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781532677557
In this, the first book on English fantasy, Colin Manlove shows that for all its immense diversity, English fantasy can best be understood in terms of its strong national character, rather than as an international genre. Showing its development from Beowulf to Blake, the author describes English fantasy's modern growth through secondary world, metaphysical, emotive, comic, subversive, and children's fantasy. In them all England has led the world, with authors as different as Chaucer, Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Salman Rushdie.
Author : Colin Nicholas Manlove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : English literature
ISBN : UCSC:32106012911092
Presents the variety & power of Scottish fantasy literature, everything from angels, demons & witches, to cities of evil and gardens of delight.
Author : Colin N. Manlove
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781532677168
This book grew out of the author's wish to go beyond a formal definition of fantasy to discover a basic urge and interest common to the genre. He finds this urge to be the celebration of identity. Fantasy is ultimately concerned to heighten and praise being, whether that being is God's creation, the world, or the creations of the fantasy writer themselves. This interest can take the form of direct eulogy or of more unconscious fascination. It is seen in fantasy's conservatism and its frequently elegiac mode, and is demonstrated through its formal characteristics such as circular structure and the use of juxtaposition to heighten individuality. It is more overtly present in modern than in pre-1800 fantasy, partly because modern fantasy developed as a Romantic reaction against technology and everything that reduced direct contact between people and the environment. These aspects of fantasy are illustrated from detailed discussion of the tales of Grimm, Walter de la Mare's Told Again, W. M. Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring, Charles Williams's prose fantasies, Ursula le Guin's Earthsea trilogy, E. Nesbit's magic books, George MacDonald's Phantastes and Lilith, T. H. White's The Once and Future King, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels, William Morris's late romances, Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter, E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros, and Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn. Together these authors and works provide a cross-section of what is a fundamentally panegyric genre demonstrating its variety, its strengths, and its limitations.
Author : Colin N. Manlove
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781532691829
After a decade from 1965 which had seen the growth in Britain and America of an enormous interest in fantasy literature, and a rise in its academic repute from cold to lukewarm, a serious study of the subject seemed long overdue. In this first critical book in its time on modern English fantasy, Colin Manlove surveys a representative group of modern fantasies—in the Victorian period in the children's scientific and Christian fantasy The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley and the mystical fantasy of the Scottish writer George MacDonald; and from the twentieth century the interplanetary romances of C. S. Lewis, the post-war fantasy of rebellious youth in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast books, and the quest to avert apocalypse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The aim with all these works is to show the peculiar literary experiences they offer and to assess their strengths and limitations in relation to wider English literature. In the introduction to his book, Manlove gives a definition of fantasy, marking off the genre from its near neighbors science fiction and “Gothic” or horror story, and distinguishing between fantasies that are serious works of imagination and those that are fanciful or escapist. Each chapter that follows is primarily a literary analysis set in a context of the writer's life, thought, and other works. As the book proceeds, there begins to emerge a picture of the originality and merit of the writers, but at the same time the sense of a division in the purpose of each writer, whereby their works fail to abide by their own laws. In the conclusion to this book Manlove draws the different types of division found into one and argues that the problem is one that is endemic to the writing of modern fantasy.
Author : Amina Belabbes
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783640436460
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (FTSK Germersheim), language: English, abstract: ‘Fantasy literature’ is a term most people have come across at some point in their lives nowadays. [...] Since the recognition of fantasy as a literary genre, “most have treated it as an international and mainly Anglo-Saxon form" (Manlove:1999, 1). Therefore, it appears only reasonable to take a closer look at the sort of fantasy literature that originates from the English-speaking countries. [...] Some of the best known authors of fantasy literature are of English or Scottish origin. Both England and Scotland begot highly creative and sophisticated fantasists. And works of both English and Scottish fantasy have had a great impact on the entire genre. [...] Although they are neighbours and share a common language, English and Scottish fantasists have always had very different ways of expressing themselves. The aim of this dissertation is to point out the similarities as well as the differences of English and Scottish fantasy literature, in order to clarify what it is exactly that characterises them. As there are a great many different pieces of literature which provide material for the analysis and characterisation of Scottish and English fantasy, statements on the two shall be underlined with examples. [...] A famous English novel belonging to the fantasy genre is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (AAW) written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. It is often categorised as children's fantasy. One of the most famous pieces of Scottish fantasy literature, which was also written for children, is J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan (PP), published in 1911. These two books will serve as the basis for a comparison of English and Scottish fantasy literature. At the beginning of this dissertation, the attempt for a general definition of the term ‘fantasy literature’ will be made. This will be followed by a short characterisation of fantasy in the historical context of the Victorian era, as well as a definition of the category ’children’s fantasy'. Then there will be a general characterisation of Scottish and then of English fantasy. After that, the two novels will be introduced, beginning with short biographies of their authors, followed by summaries of their plots and then an examination of the respective characteristics that mark them as either Scottish or English. Based on the results of the analysis, the dissertation concludes with a comparison of English and Scottish fantasy. The books written by Colin Manlove [...] will serve as the most important resource for this analysis.
Author : T. L. Huchu
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250767813
“Alluring, shadowy Edinburgh with its hints of sophisticated academic magic will draw you in, but it’s Ropa - a hard knocks ghostalker on her paranormal grind to pay the rent - who grabs hold. The moment you meet her, you’ll follow wherever she goes.” - Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six T.L. Huchu returns with the gripping Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments, the next in the Alex-Award-winning Edinburgh Nights series. Some secrets are meant to stay buried When Ropa Moyo discovered an occult underground library, she expected great things. She’s really into Edinburgh’s secret societies – but turns out they are less into her. So instead of getting paid to work magic, she’s had to accept a crummy unpaid internship. And her with bills to pay and a pet fox to feed. Then her friend Priya offers her a job on the side. Priya works at Our Lady of Mysterious Maladies, a very specialized hospital, where a new illness is resisting magical and medical remedies alike. The first patient was a teenage boy, Max Wu, and his healers are baffled. If Ropa can solve the case, she might earn as she learns – and impress her mentor, Sir Callander. Her sleuthing will lead her to a lost fortune, an avenging spirit and a secret buried deep in Scotland’s past. But how are they connected? Lives are at stake and Ropa is running out of time. Edinburgh Nights series: Library of the Dead Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Brian Ruckley
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316068314
An uneasy truce exists between the thanes of the True Bloods. Now, as another winter approaches, the armies of the Black Road march south, from their exile beyond the Vale of Stones. For some, war will bring a swift and violent death. Others will not hear the clash of swords or see the corpses strewn over the fields. They instead will see an opportunity to advance their own ambitions. But all, soon, will fall under the shadow that is descending. For, while the storm of battle rages, one man is following a path that will awaken a terrible power in him -- and his legacy will be written in blood. "A gripping story that builds to a grim climax. No one who enjoys heroic fantasy should miss this." -- The Times (London) "An epic tale of revenge, betrayal and greed. . .an intriguing and imaginative story." -- Dreamwatch
Author : Colin Manlove
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1726236862
Novelist, writer of fantastic literature, poet, lecturer, preacher, George MacDonald was a great Victorian ranked in his time alongside such writers as Dickens, Thackeray, William Morris, Charles Kingsley, and Thomas Carlyle. Though almost forgotten in the more secular age that followed his death, MacDonald's fantastic work nevertheless inspired C.S. Lewis, and enjoyed a revival with the new interest in fantasy literature in the 1970s. MacDonald's fiction belongs not only to modern fantasy, however, but to the whole tradition of supernatural literature from Greek myth to Dante, Spenser, Blake and German Romantic fairy tale-all, like him, now neglected. He is a great visionary writer who still speaks to us in profound ways.
Author : Amina Belabbes
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640436156
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (FTSK Germersheim), language: English, abstract: 'Fantasy literature' is a term most people have come across at some point in their lives nowadays. [...] Since the recognition of fantasy as a literary genre, "most have treated it as an international and mainly Anglo-Saxon form" (Manlove:1999, 1). Therefore, it appears only reasonable to take a closer look at the sort of fantasy literature that originates from the English-speaking countries. [...] Some of the best known authors of fantasy literature are of English or Scottish origin. Both England and Scotland begot highly creative and sophisticated fantasists. And works of both English and Scottish fantasy have had a great impact on the entire genre. [...] Although they are neighbours and share a common language, English and Scottish fantasists have always had very different ways of expressing themselves. The aim of this dissertation is to point out the similarities as well as the differences of English and Scottish fantasy literature, in order to clarify what it is exactly that characterises them. As there are a great many different pieces of literature which provide material for the analysis and characterisation of Scottish and English fantasy, statements on the two shall be underlined with examples. [...] A famous English novel belonging to the fantasy genre is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (AAW) written by Lewis Carroll in 1865. It is often categorised as children's fantasy. One of the most famous pieces of Scottish fantasy literature, which was also written for children, is J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan (PP), published in 1911. These two books will serve as the basis for a comparison of English and Scottish fantasy literature. At the beginning of this dissertation, the attempt for a general definition of the term 'fantasy literature' will be made. This will be foll
Author : Cameron Johnston
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780857667809
A city threatened by unimaginable horrors must trust their most hated outcast—or lose everything—in this crushing epic fantasy debut After ten years on the run, dodging daemons and debt, reviled magician Edrin Walker returns home to avenge the brutal murder of his friend. Lynas had uncovered a terrible secret, something that threatened to devour the entire city. He tried to warn the Arcanum, the sorcerers who rule the city . . . He failed. Lynas was skinned alive and Walker felt every cut. Now, nothing will stop him from finding the murderer. Magi, mortals, daemons, and even the gods—Walker will burn them all if he has to. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time he’s killed a god.
Author : Robert Paul Weston
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1595141995
Offers a sophisticated rhyming adventure featuring a courageous girl named Katrina Katrell and her intriguing quest to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Zorgamazoo. 30,000 first printing.
Author : Cameron Johnston
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780857669094
When you are all out of heroes, all that’s left are the villains. Black Herran was a dread demonologist, and the most ruthless general in all Essoran. She assembled the six most fearsome warriors to captain her armies: a necromancer, a vampire lord, a demigod, an orcish warleader, a pirate queen, and a twisted alchemist. Together they brought the whole continent to its knees… Until the day she abandoned her army, on the eve of total victory. 40 years later, she must bring her former captains back together for one final stand, in the small town of Tarnbrooke – the last bastion against a fanatical new enemy tearing through the land, intent on finishing the job Black Herran started years before. Seven bloodthirsty monsters. One town. Their last hope. File Under: Fantasy [ Heroes or Horrors? | Flames and Faith | Blood and Guts | Hell Demons ]
Author : Esther Rutter
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1783784369
A history of Britain's long love affair with wool, told through a year of knitting garments from around the British Isles.
Author : George MacDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555071003